3. A safe social-networking solution for a colleague. It bills itself as a free medium for teachers and students to continue their learning outside the classroom in a more educationally focused, safe venue for teachers, schools, and home learners in a social networking environment. The sign-up was minimal and it was very easy to set up and get started. http://twiducate.com/
9. 1. I know these are Youtube videos, but they could be viewed in evenings and downloaded - some teaching songs for science. These are aimed at Junior High students!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f5FBvtJ7T010. Also, for your science teachers or Gr. 8 LA teachers - these top 14 Astronomy pictures of 2010 are amazing and have detailed explanations of what the viewer is seeing! They are amazing!!!!
1.Tutorials for algebra, calculus, biology, history etc.
www.khanacademy.org
2.Telecollaborative projects;
http://inukshuks.jasperplace.ca/
3. A safe social-networking solution for a colleague. It bills itself as a free medium for teachers and students to continue their learning outside the classroom in a more educationally focused, safe venue for teachers, schools, and home learners in a social networking environment. The sign-up was minimal and it was very easy to set up and get started.
http://twiducate.com/
4. An alternate slide show presentations:
www.prezi.com
5. The Teacher List] 100 Ways to Use Social Media in the ClassroomList member from Joel Heffner. For those wondering how any of this could possibly be used in the classroom, you may enjoy "100 ways to use social media in the classroom." It provides interesting suggestions for all school levels.
The URL: http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2010/05/100-inspiring-ways-to-use-social-media-in-the-classroom/
6. A site from which you can edit the length of a You Tube video so you can embed a section into a presentation:
www.tubechop.com
7. A useless but fun site from which to send a greeting/message using letters from google earth:
www.geogreeting.com
8. A computational knowledge engine - I really like it for science facts!
www.wolframalpha.com
9. 1. I know these are Youtube videos, but they could be viewed in evenings and downloaded - some teaching songs for science. These are aimed at Junior High students!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f5FBvtJ7T010. Also, for your science teachers or Gr. 8 LA teachers - these top 14 Astronomy pictures of 2010 are amazing and have detailed explanations of what the viewer is seeing! They are amazing!!!!
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/12/14/the-top-14-astronomy-pictures-of-2010/11. For you Languge Arts teachers - a book you can read on line. It is about refining the writing process/workshop. It connects well with the Harry Wong style of managment and learning.
http://www.stenhouse.com/shop/pc/viewprd.asp?idProduct=9251&r=sb10r024#toc12. Another article for ELA teachers on how to teach vocabulary and it contains links to some helpful sites as well.
http://208.69.169.142/blog/vocabulary-instruction-teaching-tips-rebecca-alber?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+spiralnotebook+%28Spiral+NoteBook%29 13. For Computer Education Teachers: This site has some handouts to print out to use when working with students or parents on digital technology and its use - proactive information. It also has some links to use and a video or 2 to watch.
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/be-good-digital-citizen-tips-teens-and-parents?utm_source=newsletter12.16.10_other&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=feature2&utm_source=parent&utm_medium=email 14. Teachers having students that need to cite materials....here is a site that students can use to create the proper citation http://citationmachine.net/ all they need is the ISBN number to start and they add in information - the program creates the proper format in 2 different styles...APA and MLA.
Some other similar tools are
BibMe http://www.sun-sentinel.com/health/fl-cspf-special-1230-20110110,0,3215668.story
EasyBib http://easybib.com/
Citation Maker http://www.oslis.org/resources/cm